my ($self, $in) = @_;
    
    unless($in && defined($in) && $in->isa('Bio::SeqFeature::Generic')){
        $self->throw("a Bio::SeqFeature::Generic object needed");
    }
    
    my $seqFeature = $in;
    my $seq_id = $seqFeature->seq_id;
    unless(defined($seq_id) && $seq_id){
        $self->warn("No seq_id value. EnsEMBL SeqFeature will validate it");
        $seq_id = 'Unknown';
    }
    
    # Debated issue here. There are p_value and percent_id in EnsEMBL API and DB
    # schema, but not in bioperl. If in bioperl there are tags called p_value or
    # percent_id, then the values are passed, otherwise set the default 1.
    #
    # the problem arise when I try to converter the seqfeature for tmhmm to 
    # EnsEMBL seqFeature.
    # -- Juguang, 11 July '03
    my $score = $in->score || 0;
    my $percent_id;
    if($in->has_tag('percent_id')){
        ($percent_id) = $in->get_tag_values('percent_id');
    }else{
        $percent_id ||= 0;
    }
    my $p_value;
    if($in->has_tag('p_value')){
        ($p_value) = $in->get_tag_values('p_value');
    }elsif($in->has_tag('evalue')){
        ($p_value) = $in->get_tag_values('evalue');
    }else{
        $p_value ||= 1;
    }
    my $ens_seqFeature;
    my %args = (
        -start => $in->start,
        -end => $in->end,
        -strand => $in->strand,
        -score => $score,
        -analysis => $self->analysis,
        -source_tag => $in->source_tag,
        -seqname => $seq_id,
        -percent_id => $percent_id,
        -p_value => $p_value
    );

    my $output_module = $self->out;
    
    if($output_module eq 'Bio::EnsEMBL::SeqFeature'){
        
        $ens_seqFeature = new Bio::EnsEMBL::SeqFeature(%args);
    }elsif($self->out eq 'Bio::EnsEMBL::SimpleFeature'){
        $ens_seqFeature = new Bio::EnsEMBL::SimpleFeature(%args);
        # The field that there is in SimpleFeature, but not in SeqFeature.
        $ens_seqFeature->display_label('__NONE__');
    }elsif($self->out eq 'Bio::EnsEMBL::Exon'){
        $ens_seqFeature = Bio::EnsEMBL::Exon->new_fast(
            $self->contig, $seqFeature->start, $seqFeature->end, 
            $seqFeature->strand);
    }elsif($self->out eq 'Bio::EnsEMBL::ProteinFeature'){
        my $seq_id2 = $self->analysis->logic_name;
        unless(defined $self->translation_id){
            $self->throw('translation_id unset, in ProteinFeature conversion');
        }
        $args{'-seqname'} = $self->translation_id;
        $ens_seqFeature = Bio::EnsEMBL::ProteinFeature->new(
            -feature1 => Bio::EnsEMBL::SeqFeature->new(%args),
            -feature2 => Bio::EnsEMBL::SeqFeature->new(
                -start => 0,
                -end => 0,
                -seqname => $seq_id2
            )
        );
    }else{
        $self->throw("[$output_module] as -out, not supported");
    }
    
    $ens_seqFeature->attach_seq($self->contig);
    return $ens_seqFeature;
}

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